Posted on 05/25/2020 4:09:26 PM PDT by Hojczyk
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted Monday that coronavirus projections from experts were all wrong -- and he's getting out of the business of speculating because of it.
Cuomo said he can't predict when the hospitalization and death rate numbers will drop to the necessary threshold required for reopening certain regions because as he put it, "we all failed" at predicting.
"Now, people can speculate. People can guess. I think next week, I think two weeks, I think a month," Cuomo told reporters on Memorial Day. "I'm out of that business because we all failed at that business. Right? All the early national experts. Here's my projection model. Here's my projection model. They were all wrong. They were all wrong."
Cuomo's rare admission came during an event at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City when a reporter asked the governor when hard-hit New York City might reopen.
Cuomo mentioned the statewide criteria that regions needed to hit to phase out of quarantine, which included a 14-day decline in coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths. But, he admitted he didn't "want to guess" when the Big Apple could meet the benchmark because past projections have been wrong.
"There are a lot of variables. I understand that. We didn't know what the social distancing would actually amount to. I get it, but we were all wrong," Cuomo said. "So, I'm sort of out of the guessing business, right? We watched the numbers. We prepare as the numbers drop, so when the number actually hits the threshold, we're ready to go. We just finished that. We're in the midst of that with Long Island, Mid-Hudson region, etc. But... I don't want to guess."
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God knows how many deaths he’s directly responsible for.
You didn’t fail at projections, guy.
You played a murderous game and got caught.
Nobody can know what the future holds.
That being said, he will get a pass for his response while Trump will be vilified.
Democrats must carry around mice in their pockets. It’s the only thing explaining these executive “We” admissions.
“death rate numbers will drop to the necessary threshold required for reopening” Who sets these numbers, what are they and why are they established? That is the question Fredo you dumbass!
But mostly Trump, right andeeeeee?
He failed because this goon has never known how to lead. He will go down as the worst governor of any state, ever!
President Trump and Florida Governor DeSantis did NOT fail.
It kills me when these smarty pants Dims say:
Both sides do it
They are all corrupt
None of them is any good
and variations of the above.
Neil Cavuto is the WORST offender.
They think that takes away blame from the REAL perpetrators...the ENTIRE LEST OF THIS COUNTRY.
To quote Tonto: “Who is this WE, Kemosabe?”
LEST = LEFT
I guess we all killed those 5500 elderly people in the nursing homes too
NY will look like Detroit in the not too distant future.
The 77% or something of the New York people who not long ago approved of Cuomo is insane. He’s a bumbling oaf of a leader. He said several times “Fear is the danger, not the virus. It is no worse than the flu and I am going to plan that way in New York.” Later: panicky mass shutdowns. Except the widespread contagions on the crowded and filthy subway cars-—no problem staying open. Churches? Close them all up tight. Germs, you know.
When he can’t deny the nursing home deaths his policy caused any longer, he says “But Trump was to blame by saying open up the country from lockdowns.”
When he further is way off in numbers causing his lockdown policy to fail, he says “we all were off” in numbers.” When in doubt: somebody else is to blame, or, everybody’s doing it.
Long lost is personal responsibility and courage. It’s everybody’s fault or some other guy’s to blame.
The prediction that was very accurate was how the deep state and the dems wanted to use this virus against Trump.
Featured on this website, since the first part of February.
No, “Sonny” - we didn’t all fail - YOU did. You showboated and put yourself out there like some kind of hero, well how did that work out for you, you piece of s**t!
Yet NY is still locked down isn’t it.
No! Cuomo! YOU FAILED!!!! The Emperor needs to be removed!!!
No! Cuomo! YOU FAILED!!!! The Emperor needs to be removed!!!
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